David Cronenberg Thinks Comic Book Movies Are for Babies

David Cronenberg in interview for NextMovie showed no respect for any comic book movie ever made in the history of ever.

I would say that’s a no, you know. And the problem is you gotta… as I say, you can do some interesting, maybe unexpected things. And certainly, I’ve made the horror films and people say, “Can you make a horror film also an art film?” And I would say, “Yeah, I think you can.”

But a superhero movie, by definition, you know, it’s comic book. It’s for kids. It’s adolescent in its core. That has always been its appeal, and I think people who are saying, you know, “Dark Knight Rises” is, you know, supreme cinema art,” I don’t think they know what the f**k they’re talking about.

Apropos, you can buy A History of Violence graphic novel and the movie version, by David Cronenberg, on Amazon, but you probably shouldn’t because comic books are for kids. They are adolescent in its core.